Karl Marx (1841) - Philosopher, economist, historian, sociologist, political theorist, journalist, and socialist revolutionary, famous for his work 'Das Kapital'.
Friedrich Nietzsche (1868) - Philosopher, cultural critic, composer, poet, and philologist whose work has exerted a profound influence on modern intellectual history.
Joseph Schumpeter (1906) - Economist known for his theories on business cycles and the concept of creative destruction.
Wolfgang Paul (1952) - Physicist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1989 for the development of the ion trap technique.
Reinhard Selten (1961) - Economist who was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1994 for his pioneering work in game theory.
Konrad Adenauer (1903) - First Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany and a key figure in the post-World War II reconstruction of Germany.
Heinrich Heine (1825) - One of the most significant German poets of the 19th century, known for his lyric poetry.
August Kekulé (1852) - Chemist who was the principal founder of the theory of chemical structure and is best known for his discovery of the structure of benzene.
